Category: Childhood
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Sunday, September 23, 1979
Sunday school started last Sunday and the kids love it. This morning Helen said she didn’t want to go — I asked her why and she said because she didn’t know how to write. Kids think of the darnest things. We had our first frost Thursday night, so I guess winter isn’t very far away.…
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Sunday, September 9, 1979
It sure is hard trying to find the time to write in my journal everyday but I guess I’ll just have to write when I can. We celebrated Donny’s birthday last Tuesday the 4th at the Royal Scot. t was really a surprise for Donny. Grandpa and Jenny, Grandma Krumpos, Uncle Ken, Aunt Cathy, Kim,…
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Friday, August 17, 1979
Today was cloudy and coll with rain this morning. Keith and I took the kids to K-Mart this morning to get their pictures taken. Seems like University Ave will never get fixed they have it under construction now. Tower Drive is suppose to be finished by early 1980. That’s really going to be nice to…
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Monday, August 13, 1979
It looked like rain most of the day. Tonight it could get in the 40’s — that’s really cold for August. Jason and Aaron were over today so the kids had fun playing. I made lots of dill pickles today. We had a bat in the house tonight. Keith killed it with the broom.
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Saturday, August 4, 1979
It’s really raining today. Keith still had to go to work — I can’t understand how people can golf in this weather. The kids watched cartoons this morning. Helen went with me to Dimick’s to take care of their animals — they went on vacation this week.
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Wednesday, August 1, 1979
Today was beautiful. Jason and Aaron came over in the morning. The kids had lot of fun playing . I just heard on the news that President Carter has just receive the power from Congress to have an emergency gas rationing program. We’re also suppose to be entering a recession. I guess time will tell.…
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Saturday, May 26, 1979
We woke up around 8:00 a.m.. The kids like watching cartoons Saturday mornings. Donny likes Godzilla and Super 7 and Helen likes whatever is on. They both like watching Super Friends, Bugs Bunny and Fantastic Four. I brought Keith to work and then wet to Jackie’s to get some vegetables she had for booyah I’m going…
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Thursday, May 24, 1979
The sun is shining this morning. I guess it got down to 43 last night. I’m listening to the radio and there was a fire at Packerland Packing Co. last night. There was a 20 year-old boy in Wisconsin that just got polio. Boy that’s almost unheard of anymore. There was a bombing in Jerusalem…
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Wedneday, May 23, 1979
Today was very cool and looks like rain. The kids and I stayed in the house — the kids played and I washed clothes. I used the dryer. We’re supposed to get frost tonight.
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Tuesday, May 22, 1979
Today was really cold. We had light frost last night. I planted some peas and beans in the garden and mowed a little lawn. I was pretty tired from working so hard yesterday. Donny and Helen went by Grandma’s because I had to work at 6:30.